Ironing device.



D. J. FEELY.

IRONING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 25, 1912.

1,079,168. Patented Nov.18, 1913.

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DUNCAN J. FEELY, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

IRONING- DEVICE.

To all 'ie/om it may concern Specification of Letters la tent.

Application filed ctober 25, 1912.

. Patented Nov. 18,1913. Serial No. 727,808.

Secured to the spring l a pressure bar G Be it known that I, DUNCAN J. Freni', a by means ot which the yielding pressure citizen of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county and usetul improvements in lroning Devices; and l do declare the following to be a tull, clear, and exact description oit the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing devices.

Une object ot the invention is to provide an ironing device having an improved means :tor exerting a yielding pressure ou the iron without interilering with the lree .movement thereof in any direction and having means whereby the pressure on the iron may be adjusted.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will be simple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, efficient and reliable in operation and which may be attached to the ceiling' of any room and when not in use may be folded back to an out of the way position.

`With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and the combination and arrangemei'it of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure l is a side view ot' my improved ironing device showing the parts in operative position in full lines and in inoperative position in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is an end elevatio-n of the same; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the iron; Fig. t is an enlarged vertical section of the lower end of the iron engaging member of thc pressure bar of the device.

My improved ironing device comprises a spring 1 which may be of any suitable construction but which is here shown and is preferably in the form of a double bowed spring, the upper member 2 of which is secured by screws or other suitable fastening devices to a ceiling or any overhead support. To the lower member 3 of the spring midway between its ends is secured a pressure bar attaching plate 4. The plate 4: is secured at its ends to the member 3 by bolts or rivets and is spaced from said member as shown. In the center of the plate 4 is formed a circular aperture 5 the purpose of which will hereinafter appear.

of San Diego and State x ol California, have invented certain new of the spring 1 is applied to the iron. The upper end ot the pressure bar (S is attached to the spring 1 b v means oil a coupling member 7 comprising a. tlat plate which is engaged with a notch S in the upper end. of the pressure bar aud is securely bolted to said end as shown. On the plate 7 is an upwardly projecting' shank i) having on itsI upper end a head 10. The shank 9 is engaged with the aperture 5 in the plate 4t while the head l() is disposed between the plate and lower member 3 ot the spring, said head bearing against the lower member of the spring as shown. ,lhe aperture 5 in the plate A1l is oit' sullicient size to permit the pressure bar (5 to swing freely in all directions, butl is not large enough to permit the head l() to pass therethrough. It will bc understood that the shank 9 is engaged with the aperture 5 in the plate il before the head 10 is 'formed on the shank and that after the shank has been engaged with the plate 4 and headed said plate is bolted or otherwise fastened to the lower nieinber of the spring. In the lower end oit' the pressure bar G is a longitudinal slot 11. Adjustably secured to the slotted lower end of the bar 6 is an iron engaging member 12 having on its upper end a flat plate 13 with which are engaged attaching bolts lflf which are also slidably engaged with the slet 11 and have on their threaded ends clamping nuts which are shown screwed up into engagement with the outer face of the plate 13, thereby adjustably fastening the member 12 to the lower end of the bar 6. The iron attaching member is further and more securely fastened to the slotted lower end oit the bar 6 by clamping bolts 15 which are arranged through said lower end of the bar at right angles to the slot 11 whereby when the nuts on said bolts are tightened up the slotted end of the bar will be clamped into rigid engagement with the bolts lll as will be readily understood.

The lower end of the iron attaching member 12 has formed thereon a right angular' offset 1G and in the extremity of said offset end of the member is a socket 17 which is adapted to be engaged with a stud 18 formed on and projecting upwardly from the top ci the iron 19 near the pointed end thereof as shown. Also secured to the top of the iron near the rear end thereof is a rearwaz-diy projecting handle 20 which is preferably constructed as herein shown and by means of which theiron is operated or guided over the ironing board.

In connection with my improved ironing device, I also provide an ironing board 2l which is hingedly connected at its inner end to the side wall of a room or to any other suitable support whereby when not in use the board may be folded up into close en gagement with its support as clearly shown in dotted linesy in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The board 2l is provided with a supporting leg 22 which is hingedly connected to the lower side of the board and is also adapted to fold down to an out of the way posit-ion when the board is not in use and folded against its support in the manner described. Any suitable form of catch 23 may be provided for holding the board in afolded position. 'The upper surfaceof the outer p0rtion of the board 2l is preferably eoncaved as at 24; so that as the iron is moved back and forthand the pressure bar thus swung out of a perpendicular position, an equal pressure will be applied to theV iron will be readily understood.

constrL-icting and arranging my iinprovcd ironingldevice as herein shown and described it willI be seen that when the member l2 on thelower end of the pressure bar is engaged with the iron in the manner described thatthe pressure of lthe spring will bevapplied tothe iron to hold the same in yielding engagement with the article being pressed and-it will also be seen that by adjustably connecting the upper end of the member 12 with the lower end of the pressure bar that the pressure of the spring l on the iron may be controlled or regulated. By means of my improved ironing device, articlesmayy be ironed with the least possible amount of exertion on the part of the operator as` all the pressure required is applied to Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the iron by the spring l through the pressure barrG in themanner described and it is thus simply necessary for the operator to push and guide the iron over the article arranged on the ironing board.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various vchanges in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim is: i

An ironing device comprising a double bowed spring, theupper member of which is adapted to be secured to aV support, an attaching plate having its opposite ends secured to the outer face of the lower member of said spring, whereby the body of Y said plate is spaced from saidspring, a pressure barhaving a -fheaded shankat one endswiveled in said attaching plate, the other end of said bar having alongitudinal slotl at free end, an iron engagingr member having attaching bolts therein adaptedto be slidably and adjustably engaged with the slot in said bar'forv adjustably securing said member to said bar, and clamping elements eX- tending through said slotted bar end at right angles tothe slot for forcing the side walls of the slot into rigid engagement with said attaching bolts. y

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DUNCAN J. FEELY. Witnesses:

H. H. MILLS, BEN E. LYsTER.

the Commissioner of atnts,

Washington, D. C.

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